The Russian Ministry of Defense appears to be capitalizing on the Wagner Group's inability to seize Bakhmut in Ukraine by making its leaders the scapegoats.
The Wagner Group, a Russian mercenary outfit founded by Yevgeny Prigozhin, has unsuccessfully attempted to capture the strategically insignificant city of Bakhmut for months. This comes after Russian forces piled up a series of losses in the war, and over the course of the paramilitary group's efforts, Prigozhin has criticized the Russian Ministry of Defense.Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of the Russian General Staff Gen.
“The closer we are to the city center, the harder the battles, the more artillery works against us, and the more tanks," Prigozhin said in a video message posted Sunday on Telegram, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his Sunday night address that since March 6, they managed to kill 1,100 Russian soldiers and another 1,500 were seriously wounded in Bakhmut alone.
Last month, Prigozhin accused Gerasimov and Shoigu of"treason" for supposedly intentionally providing his troops with fewer resources, leading to unnecessary deaths. While Prigozhin had publicly criticized the military's performance in the war, this marked a new level of the feud.
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